…So this morning I read two great posts at Compensation Cafe. The first one is from Margaret O’Hanlon , and it examines the impact that an employer’s views on comp can have on plan design. It’s a great piece, and you can read it here . The second post is from Jim Brennan at the Economic Research Institute. It recounts one of the author’s experiences (written as an allegory) wherein he counsels a client on how to drive performance by withholding a benefit. It’s a good (and short read), and you can check it out here.
I share these pieces because – in aggregate – they made me realize that I haven’t been anywhere near creative enough in thinking about how compensation can be used to drive performance. A while back I wrote about how one of the biggest challenges to getting employees to drive their own learning and development is that the payoff…